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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Viola rostrata
FAMILY
Violaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola rostrata
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Viola (Ballard [in prep])
Viola rostrata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Viola rostrata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6 (2015)
Viola rostrata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)
Viola rostrata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Viola rostrata
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-023:
Viola rostrata FAMILY Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viola rostrata
COMMON NAME:
Longspur Violet
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_viro_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm230325_2021
March Pickens County SC
Laurel Fork Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm230325_2022
March Pickens County SC
Laurel Fork Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm230325_2024
March Pickens County SC
Laurel Fork Heritage Preserve
An infallible field mark of this species is its spur, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_viola_rostrata_2
March
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Ed Pivorun ebp090404_4944
April Walker County GA
The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain
Spur 1-2cm long, straight or curved. No petals are bearded, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Herbarium of Clemson University h_cu44222
April Tuscaloosa County AL
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JK Marlow jkm140417_982
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm160421_322
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm200415_3870
April Greenville County SC
Chandler Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm230428_2917
April Greenville County SC
Mountain Bridge Wilderness
Stipules free, weakly lacerate, per A taxonomic treatment of the violets (Violaceae) of the northeastern US and adjacent Canada (Ballard, Kartesz, & Nishino, 2023).
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Keith Bradley kab_viola_rostrata_1494
April Haywood County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmvroatrata_cane3
April Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
Leaf margins remotely serrate, mostly eciliate, per Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002).
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Herbarium of Clemson University h_cu51311
May Greenville County SC
Table Rock Reservoir watershed
Stem leaves cordate, their apices acuminate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm0405l_04
May Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Plant caulescent (producing aerial stems bearing leaves and flowers at above-ground nodes), per Weakley's Flora (2022).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Viola rostrata
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viola rostrata
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Viola (Ballard [in prep])
Viola rostrata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Viola rostrata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6
Viola rostrata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Violaceae of the Southeastern US (McKinney & Russell, 2002)
Viola rostrata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Viola rostrata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 130-02-023:
Viola rostrata
FAMILY
Violaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viola rostrata
1657
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: acidic cove forests, other mesic forests, often under Tsuga canadensis, but also in calcareous forests (as in n. AL), per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in GA Mountains, uncommon in Carolina Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Plant caulescent (with an obvious, leafy, above-ground stem). Leaves alternate
Margins crenate to crenate-serrate
Leaves glabrous or with short stiff trichomes along the midrib above
FLOWER:
Spring
Pale blue-violet
(with a dark eye)
Bilaterally symmetrical
Petals beardless
5 sepals
5 petals
5 stamens
FRUIT:
Spring
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p190
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p018
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p159
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p056
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p403
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p052
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p157
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p351
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p079
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p102
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p101
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